However, when Tina tries to back out of the arrangement, she is threatened by Izzy's overbearing father Owen (Ian Puleston-Davies), who says that he will hurt Tina's boyfriend Tommy Duckworth (Chris Fountain) if she changes her mind.

A delighted Tommy then approaches Rita Tanner (Barbara Knox) for the money to pay Owen back - unaware that the builder's threats have caused Tina to change her mind again and go ahead with the surrogacy.

"Tina goes to the clinic behind his back," a show insider said. "He's distraught, but of course he doesn't know she's only doing it to protect him."